diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5fc9fc..1fd2f8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@ A simple way to access the [Webhose.io](https://webhose.io) API from your Python
 ```python
 
     import webhoseio
-
+    
     webhoseio.config(token=YOUR_API_KEY)
     output = webhoseio.query("filterWebContent", {"q":"github"})
-    print output['posts'][0]['text'] # Print the text of the first post
-    print output['posts'][0]['published'] # Print the text of the first post publication date
+    print(output['posts'][0]['text'])           # Print the text of the first post
+    print(output['posts'][0]['published'])      # Print the text of the first post publication date
     
     # Get the next batch of posts
     output = webhoseio.get_next()
-    print output['posts'][0]['thread']['site'] # Print the site of the first post
-    
+    print(output['posts'][0]['thread']['site']) # Print the site of the first post
 
 ```
 
diff --git a/webhoseio/__init__.py b/webhoseio/__init__.py
index 0fdb3fc..b3c006d 100644
--- a/webhoseio/__init__.py
+++ b/webhoseio/__init__.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ def query(self, end_point_str, param_dict=None):
         if param_dict is not None:
             param_dict.update({"token": self.token})
             param_dict.update({"format": "json"})
-       
-        response = self.session.get("http://webhose.io/" + end_point_str, params=param_dict)
+
+        response = self.session.get("https://webhose.io/" + end_point_str, params=param_dict)
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise Exception(response.text)